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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Valerie Gonzalez

Judge denies Trump administration request to end a policy protecting immigrant children in custody

Migrants Child Supervision - (Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A federal judge ruled Friday to deny the Trump administration's request to end a policy in place for nearly three decades that is meant to protect immigrant children in federal custody.

U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee in Los Angeles issued her ruling a week after holding a hearing with the federal government and legal advocates representing immigrant children in custody.

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